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FZNT27 KNHC 071505
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1105 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA IS 
FORECAST TO MOVE W-NW AND INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE FORCE JUST 
PRIOR TO LANDFALL BEFORE MOVING ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 
WED. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE 
AND SW GULF NEAR 19.4N 93.4W THU MORNING WHILE RE-STRENGTHENING
TO A HURRICANE...THEN MOVING BACK INLAND OVER MEXICO FRI MORNING
NEAR 19.2N 96.6W...RAPIDLY WEAKENING OVER LAND. SWELLS FROM
ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE S CENTRAL AND NW GULF WED
THROUGH FRI.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.